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This role is fully remote and can be done anywhere in the US or Canada.**About our Legal Team:**VMware's Legal Department is a global team of dedicated legal and compliance professionals who share a passion and enthusiasm to both understand and successfully navigate every aspect of VMware's fast-growing business. The Legal team believes in delivering world class legal services to our clients in a timely, efficient, and ethical manner and providing innovative and strategic solutions that actively contribute to the success of VMware.**About Global Legal Services S.T.A.R. Operations:**The mission of Global Legal Services S.T.A.R. Operations (GLS) is to transform and scale legal services to accelerate VMware's growth and simplify the customer experience. We are innovating legal services through our five S.T.A.R. Operations strategic pillars:+ **Support** – Deliver world-class legal and transactional services that enhance customer and client experience and enable speed and scale;+ **Transform** – Drive excellence in contract infrastructure, an optimized service delivery model and a data driven approach to our transformation strategy;+ **Automate** – Leverage technology and automation to drive productivity and increase our business intelligence capabilities;+ **Refresh** - Promote a culture of continuous learning through customized programs, knowledge sharing platforms and community events; _and_+ **Operations** - Build an aligned Legal strategy, drive change and value-based initiatives and measure legal's impact to the business.**Role: Contracts Manager I****Reporting to:** Director, Global Legal Services S.T.A.R. Operations, based in Washington.**Job Summary:**VMware has an opening for a talented, self-motivated Contracts Manager to join VMware's Global Legal Services Organization. You will be part of a high-performing, customer-focused group of legal professionals working collaboratively in a fast-paced, growing business with particular focus on SCC Vendor Questionnaires and Vendor Data Privacy Addenda. While the primary job responsibility is to provide negotiation & transactional support to our customers in the United States, given that we are a global team, you may be asked to support negotiations in other locales. Our mighty team of contracting professionals work in close collaboration with our attorneys, Sourcing team, Privacy team, _etc.,_ to ensure best-in-class, seamless support to our customers, partners, and third-party vendors. Individuals applying for this job: (i) are comfortable working independently with a high degree of autonomy; (ii) are willing to collaborate extensively with their team members to support transactions and to look for opportunities to optimize how we operate to scale support; (iii) display an aptitude for digging into problems and finding creative solutions; and (iv) have strong critical and strategic thinking skills.**Responsibilities:**+ Assist Privacy team in responding to new European Economic Area SCC Vendor Questionnaires+ Provide negotiation for Vendor Data Privacy Addenda+ May also assist in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of agreements, ranging from cloud transformational technology agreements, various forms of software licenses, Software as a Service, support and maintenance, professional services contracts, data privacy agreements and non-disclosure agreements. You will advise on liabilities, legal restrictions and risks associated with such agreements+ Interface with appropriate staff to understand business and other issues involved with Vendor contract negotiations+ Manage internal communications, facilitate escalations and approvals, address queries with our customers & internal stakeholders+ Participate in other projects within the Legal Department as assigned.**Job requirements:**+ Bachelor's degree or equivalent, law degree is a plus, but not necessary+ 3+ years of experience in reviewing, drafting, managing, and negotiating a wide variety of international commercial contracts in the IT sector, with a strong emphasis on Data Privacy and Sourcing agreements. Solid understanding of legal concepts and contractual terms with excellent organizational skills and attention to detail+ In-house legal experience is preferred+ Solid knowledge of data protection and data security issues+ General understanding of the technical and organizational security measures to protect transferred data+ Familiarity with the Schrems II decision and its impact on the new SCCs+ CIPP/E or CIPP/US is a plus, but not necessary+ Excellent negotiator with strong influencing skills that can plan, manage, and conduct negotiations on a non-confrontational win-win basis+ Strong customer service skillset+ Must have excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal and intercultural skills, and a strong sense of teamwork+ Must possess excellent judgment and be able to work with only little supervision and juggle various priorities, in a fast-paced high-growth environment+ Good leadership skills, with the highest degree of personal and professional integrity and ethics.This job opportunity is not eligible for employment-based immigration sponsorship by VMware.? ?**Category :** Legal**Subcategory:** Legal**Experience:** Manager and Professional**Full Time/ Part Time:** Full Time**Posted Date:** 2022-04-12Legal: “Fearless legal innovators.” That's the mantra of VMware's Legal team. We're dedicated to working out creative ways to mitigate legal risks while helping the company pursue its goals in the global marketplace. We focus on accelerating revenue growth; expanding VMware's arsenal of patents; helping shape the global regulatory environment; driving customer success; and increasing operational efficiency. We also reach out to the community by donating hundreds of hours of pro bono support. Are you interesting in enriching your career by working on a diverse, award-winning team that goes beyond traditional corporate legal departments? Join our team, and you'll help provide strategic solutions that impact the success of our business, our customers, and the community.VMware Company Overview: At VMware, we believe that software has the power to unlock new opportunities for people and our planet. We look beyond the barriers of compromise to engineer new ways to make technologies work together seamlessly. Our cloud, mobility, and security software form a flexible, consistent digital foundation for securely delivering the apps, services and experiences that are transforming business innovation around the globe. At the core of what we do are our people who deeply value execution, passion, integrity, customers, and community. Shape what's possible today at mware.com.Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: VMware is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: VMware is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at VMware are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. VMware will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. VMware encourages applicants of all ages. Vmware will provide reasonable accommodation to employees who have protected disabilities consistent with local law.